Afrang Nordlöf Malekian & Nour Helou: The Tale of the (Fe)Male Sun
240 kr
Sagan om den kvinnliga och manliga solen tells the story of the rise and fall of hierarchical beauty standards in Southwest Asia and North Africa through mythologies, anecdotes, history, Qajar paintings, handcolored photographs, with cassette and vinyl covers. What rises from the pages is the story of how a little star in the cosmos transformed into an almighty sun, both female and male. In their light, nonbinary gender expressions in painting, music, and dance flourished, nurtured by the desire of royals and artists. But over time, the gendertranscending sun came to be eclipsed by a new, faceless sun. Now in…
In Swedish
© Glänta produktion & authors 2026
Text / Part one: Afrang Nordlöf Malekian
Text / Part two: Afrang Nordlöf Malekian & Nour Helou
Translation to Swedish: Afrang Nordlöf Malekian
2026, Swedish, bound
70 pages, 23,5 x 16,5 cm
ISBN: 978-91-988667-3-5
In English
© Glänta produktion & authors 2026
Text / Part One: Afrang Nordlöf Malekian
Translation to English: Afrang Nordlöf Malekian
Editor: Nour Helou
Text / Part Two: Afrang Nordlöf Malekian & Nour Helou
Copyediting: Kira Josefsson
2026, English, bound
70 pages, 23,5 x 16,5 cm
ISBN: 978-91-988667-4-2
Thank you to: Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse and Längmanska kulturfonden.
Afrang Nordlöf Malekian (b. 1995) is an Iranian-Swedish artist based in Berlin and Stockholm, who through storytelling explores how entanglements between precolonial, colonial, and migratory cultural forms in hand-colored photography, social dance, Iranian pop music, and mythology can transform into evasive, flexible forces that advance collective endeavors.
Nour Helou (b. Lebanon) is a cultural worker, writer, and film programmer curious about the ways we relate to each other, working across Lebanon, Sweden, and New York.
